A few Tacos short of a combination plate: Rick Perry's college transcript

[Mira]

WASHINGTON -- As governor of Texas, Rick Perry has pursued a controversial agenda that would gut Texas' vaunted public university system in favor of something that more closely resembles a business.

As the Washington Post reported on Thursday, professors have been ranked according to how profitable they were to the university. Previous reports suggested Perry wanted to treat students as "customers" and tie teacher bonuses to anonymous student evaluations.

One reason that might explain his hostility toward the system: He didn't do very well in it. A source in Texas passed The Huffington Post Perry's transcripts from his years at Texas A&M University. The future politician did not distinguish himself much in the classroom. While he later became a student leader, he had to get out of academic probation to do so. He rarely earned anything above a C in his courses -- earning a C in U.S. History, a D in Shakespeare, and a D in the principles of economics. Perry got a C in gym.

Perry also did poorly on classes within his animal science major. In fall semester 1970, he received a D in veterinary anatomy, a F in a second course on organic chemistry and a C in animal breeding. He did get an A in world military systems and “Improv. of Learning” -- his only two As while at A&M.

"A&M wasn't exactly Harvard on the Brazos River," recalled a Perry classmate in an interview with The Huffington Post. "This was not the brightest guy around. We always kind of laughed. He was always kind of a joke."

A spokesperson for the governor recently told the Texas Tribune that the university "helped shape who he is today." The governor’s office did not return a request for comment from The Huffington Post.

link to the actual transcript

www.scribd.com/doc/61684192/Rick-Perry-s-Texas-A-M-Transcript

[midnight]

1. This is the model candidate... AKA ALEC....

[tuckessee]

2. At least we have his transcripts. n/t

[The_Casual_Observer]

3. He's a good looking rascal, that's all that really counts.

[lumpy]

9. He doesn't look good looking to me. The look in his eyes

is hard, calculating and cruel. His personna is one of uncontrolled anger.

[Swede]

4. He's no rocket surgeon.

[tpsbmam]

18. He's not even a rocket sturgeon!

sturgeon |ˈstərjən|
noun
a very large primitive fish with bony plates on the body.

:rofl:

[Sheepshank]

5. He fails Organic Chemistry...

....and has determined that he knows that 2% of scientists are correct (and determine 98% are incorrect) with regard to human contribution to climate change. That's rich.

[SpiralHawk]

6. "Perry did get an A in world military systems..."

Another freaking Republicon war mongering idiot.

[hifiguy]

7. This guy is dumber than a bag of hammers

and this is conclusive proof.

[lumpy]

10. Perhaps he is even dumber than Dubya.

We really don't need any more Neanderthals heading this country.

[hifiguy]

12. I really think he is dumber than Chimpoleon

and even meaner.

The only thing I see in pRick Perry is Big Jim Rennie from Stephen King's "Under the Dome," one of the scariest fictional villains ever.

[Avalux]

21. He IS dumber than Bush.....and far worse ethically, if that's possible.

I endured Bush as governor of Texas then Perry took over when he became president. Perry is far worse.

[VWolf]

8. How the hell do you

get anything lower than a C in any course in college?

Jeez, all you gotta do is show up to lecture!

[Rex]

14. Don't try.

Or wake up and go to class is my guess.

[surrealAmerican]

25. This was not the case in 1970.

You actually had to do the reading, turn in competent work on time, and pass tests.

[Rex]

26. Hmm...good point.

I wonder how he earned a college degree. Yeah Texas A&M ain't Harvard...but it also ain't the easiest system to get a degree from either.

[librechik]

11. dang, I'm hungry n/t

[DaveJ]

13. I'm more concerned about his major, Animal Science

which has nothing to do whatsoever with running government.

[Rex]

15. Self delete

...

[DaveJ]

16. You're right, thanks.

My math was bad. How embarrassing, and ironic. I'm going to go back an do something about my post.

[Rex]

17. NP. I am like you in wondering why a guy with an C gpa & ag degree

thinks he can run the country!

[progressoid]

19. "This was not the brightest guy around...He was always kind of a joke."

Sounds like GOP Presidential material to me.

[ladjf]

20. Another misfit comes out on top. nt

[Lizzie Poppet]

22. Derpastic!

Cue Pink Floyd: " We don't need no education!"

[Scurrilous]

23. K & R

:thumbsup:

[seleff]

24. Student Evaluations of ProfessorsL: correlating to grade

Although I don't have the reference (fail), I read a report of a study (fail again) that reported a strong correlation between student evaluations and grade earned. Tying professor pay simply to student eveluation is a recipe for dumbing down American Universities. Maybe that's what Perry wants....

[begin_within]

27. "The 'C' students run the world." - Harry S. Truman

[hifiguy]

28. Where I went to law school

the 1950s-60s trope was

The A students will become professors
The B students will become judges
The C students will become millionaires.

They'd stopped giving Cs by the time I got there 25 years ago.

[begin_within]

31. In walks of life it seems like

"street smart" gets you further than "book smart" does.

[JI7]

33. connections are a big part of where you get

[spanone]

29. this guy is poison

[KamaAina]

30. The average Texas family has 2.1 children.

The .1s all go to A&M. :P

[aint_no_life_nowhere]

32. Students are "customers" in his world

Everyone is a customer and everything is a product. Even war is a product and those who die in uniform are customers in this deranged land of the modern ultraconservative. Even 'Tricky Dick' Nixon wasn't this twisted.